Debt is like a disease that can enable us from living a happy and normal life by taking control over our lives. Most of us don’t even know how we end up in the situation we are in. Buying every thing we own with credit has become our culture. But don’t let debt control your life any more. You can take over your life again. Imagine life with out debt!

Steps

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Stop acquiring new debt. The most important thing is to start now. Don’t start tomorrow. Don’t start next week. Start tackling your debt now.Acknowledge the problem. The first step is admitting you have a problem. Admitting that this is no ones fault but yours can be difficult. But it is very important. Tell your self the reason you are in debt is because you keep on buying things you can not afford. You keep borrowing from your future. Stop spending money you haven’t made yet. Stop borrowing from your future.

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Stop Spending. If you’re in debt, the first thing you need to do is destroy your credit cards. Credit cards don’t help. They only make the problem bigger. Trust me once you get rid of them, you won't miss them.

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Spend your money on what’s necessary like grocery, utility bills, gas etc…( cable TV is not one of them) Make an adjustment. Look at your monthly spending and cut back on some things. Like stop eating out, Print out coupons from the internet before going to grocery shopping, . You will be surprise how much you can save monthly if watch your self closely.

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Establish an emergency fund It is very important to have a little bit of money saved up before paying off your debts. Open a saving account for an emergency fund and start an automatic fund transfer from your checking to your saving account. How much should you save? Ideally, you’d save $1,000 to start. This money is for emergencies only.Keep this money liquid, but not immediately accessible.Don’t tie your emergency fund to a debit card. Don’t sabotage your efforts by making it easy to spend the money on non-essentials. Consider opening a savings account at an online bank like I N G or Emigrant. When an emergency arises, you can easily transfer the money to your regular checking account. It’ll be there when you need it, but you won’t be able to spend it spontaneously. If unexpected expenses come up, and you don’t have an emergency fund, you will skip your debt payments to pay for the unexpected expenses. The emergency fund protects your debt payments.Control spending. you may find it hard to keep track of your spending and ensure that you’re sticking to your spending plan. Here’s the key: first do the emergency fund deposit. Then do the debt payments. Then do your monthly bills. Then withdraw the variable amounts in cash, and put them into separate envelopes. It’s old-fashioned, but it works, as you don’t have to worry about overspending. When your envelope is empty, you can’t spend anymore. Continue to cut back on non-essential spending as much as you can at this point, so you’re able to stick within your spending plan.

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Implement a debt snowball. Now that your finances are relatively under control, you can start a debt snowball

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Order your debts from lowest balance to highest balance.

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Designate a certain amount of money to pay toward debts each month.

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Pay the minimum payment on all debts except for the one with the lowest balance.

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Throw every other penny at the debt with the lowest balance.When that debt is gone, do not alter the monthly amount used to pay debts, but throw all you can at the debt with the next-lowest balance.Find larger cuts. Once you’ve controlled your finances and started your debt snowball, there are ways to increase the snowball — and hence the speed with which you get out of debt. Look at your larger expenses — are there ways you can eliminate or cut back on them? Can you sell your car for a smaller, used model? Can you find a smaller house or apartment to rent? Can you sell your house and rent a cheaper one? Can you get by with one car? Can you eliminate some services you’ve been using? Whatever cuts you make, apply that amount to your debt snowball — don’t spend it.Grow your income. Get a part time job or sell things that you don’t need on eBay or any thing that you can think of to bring in a little bit of extra income. So you can have debt free life faster.Track your progress. On your debt spreadsheet, be sure to update it every payday (or however often you pay debt) so that you can see your shrinking debt amount. You should be able to calculate how many months you have left before you’re completely out of debt. It may be a long ways off, but it’s within sight!Bonus step: Celebrate! It’s important to celebrate, not only when you’re out of debt, but along the way as you eliminate each debt. Have fun! Make this an adventure. It can be amazingly satisfying to stop spending and gain control of your finances instead. Find free entertainment, make it a challenge to be frugal. yes,You can have a debt free life.

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Yes. First pay off the card with the highest interest rate while making minimum payments on all the others. Then pay off the card with the next-highest interest rate, and so on until you've paid them all off. Be sure to make at least the minimum payment on each card on time every month.

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"Your detailed advice on how to pay off debt was really energizing. As I was reading the steps I was visualizing being debt free and start enjoying this beautiful earth with so much to do, so much to visit, so many to help. Being tied up in debt is awful."..." more